ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Wednesday, 8 - Monday, 13 February 2023

0099

A Māori pre-European stone toki (adze),

0100

A pounamu hei tiki, kawakawa variety stone, with paua ring eyes,
Estimate: $400 - $800

0101

An unusual bone hei tiki, with lower abdomen and legs carved to display a secondary head,
Estimate: $300 - $500

0102

A pounamu toki pendant,
Estimate: $200 - $300

0103

A Māori pre-European stone toki (adze),

0104

Two Māori pre-European stone toki (adze),

0105

A Māori pre-European stone toki (adze),

0106

A large Māori pre-European toki (adze) together with a wooden haft,
Estimate: $300 - $600

0107

Māori pre-European patu muka (stone pounder),
Estimate: $300 - $600

0108

A Māori pre-European wooden patu aruhe (fern root beater),

0109

A Māori pre-European patu aruhe (fern root pounder),
Estimate: $240 - $500

0110

An old concrete Māori totem guardian,
Estimate: $120 - $300

0111

A Temuka Potteries tobacco humidor or biscuit barrel,
Estimate: $500 - $800

0112

A bronze bust of Hori Ngakapa te Whanaunga, chief of Ngāti Whanaunga,
Estimate: $120 - $200

0113

A pair of old handcrafted Māori mother and child dolls,

0114

Four vintage Māori lead figures,
Estimate: $100 - $300

0115

Four vintage Māori lead figures,
Estimate: $100 - $300

0116

A pair of c.1960-70 Rarotongan tivaevae pillow covers
Estimate: $120 - $300

0117

A Cook Islands Tongaroa,
Estimate: $400 - $800

0118

An early Pacific Island stone adze,

0119

Fijian fine circular tapa cloth,

0120

Old Fijian tabua whales’ tooth pendant,
Estimate: $200 - $600

0121

Old Whale's tooth,

0122

An old Fijian Tabua whales tooth pendant,
Estimate: $300 - $600

0123

A Tongan tanoa (kava bowl),
Estimate: $160 - $300

0124

A late 19th/early20thC Tongan kali hahapo (neck rest),
Estimate: $800 - $1,400

0125

Vanuatu guardian figure head with shell inset eyes,
Estimate: $160 - $320

0126

A pre-European Honolulu Hawaii stone hog-back adze
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,000

0127

A New Guinean carved wooden head,
Estimate: $400 - $600

0128

PNG Sepik kina shell breast plate,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0129

PNG Sepik kina shell breast plate,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0130

A vintage PNG ancestral double mask carving,
Estimate: $200 - $400

0131

PNG old carved wood ceremonial dance wand,
Estimate: $200 - $400

0132

PNG old carved wood Mwei male ancestor mask,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0133

PNG ornate carved wood large mask,
Estimate: $160 - $300

0134

PNG old carved wood suspension hook,
Estimate: $140 - $300

0135

PNG old carved wood suspension hook,
Estimate: $80 - $120

0136

New Ireland carved Lintel,
Estimate: $800 - $1,400

0137

Old PNG dog’s tooth headband,

0138

Three large old palmwood tribal bows,

0139

PNG carved & painted shield with birds & figure,
Estimate: $100 - $260

0140

PNG Mt Hagen wooden & plaited hafted axe,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0141

An old PNG Sepik carved wood canoe prow,
Estimate: $200 - $400

0142

A large Sepik house mask,
Estimate: $400 - $800

0143

A PNG carved bone container,
Estimate: $200 - $300

0144

Two Solomon Islands wood carvings,

0145

#Solomon Islands shell money from the Governor General
Estimate: $200 - $400

0146

A Solomon Islands carved coral head,
Estimate: $320 - $520

0147

Solomon Islands large spear,

0148

#Two old Solomon Island clubs,
Estimate: $100 - $240

0149

An old African Kongo nkisi (fetish), modelled as a Janus headed dog,
Estimate: $360 - $500

0150

African Benin large bronze mask,
Estimate: $400 - $800

0151

An old African carved wood Suku female fertility figure,
Estimate: $160 - $300

0152

African figural carved stool,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0153

African figural carved stool,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0154

An African carved wood standing male figure, Fang, Gabon,
Estimate: $100 - $200

0155

An African Yoruba Epa mask,
Estimate: $300 - $500

0156

A Congolese 'Janus' post,
Estimate: $400 - $800